Copper poisoning causes for fish disease
Copper poisoning was found to be the major causes of the debilitating fish disease--Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome--in Indi and several south east Asian countries. The main source of copper in the
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Drought hits 90pc livestock in Balochistan
experts : Experts have termed the situation in drought-hit areas of Balochistan quite close to the one in Ethiopia and have expressed their fear that if immediate relief is not provided to the
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Two more dugongs killed in Trang park
The killing of another two dugongs in southern Trang province of Thailand within a week has dented hopes for the survival of these gentle but endangered marine mammals in Thai waters.Attractive
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Malaria grips Kathua
Most of the localities in Kathua town and its suburbs like Ramnik Vihar, PWD colony, Chak Sonanupa, Krishna Nagar, Taraf-Tajwal, Pagwal, Nagri Parole, Said Pur, Khokhyal, and Jarai are in the grip of
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X-ray machine handlers prone to genetic disorders
A recent study which found genetic abnormalities in cells of personnel handling diagnostic X-ray machines has recommended a fresh look at the maximum permissible limitsof radiation for such workers.
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Simlipal park sealed for tribal hunters
The Simlipal national park and sanctuary has been sealed for tribal hunters to check the annual hunting rituals beginning on April 14. A posse of Orissa state armed police has been deployed to guard
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Chechnya faces deadly epidemics
Russia must take urgent steps to prevent an outbreak of epidemics in war-ravaged Chechnya where at least 20 cases of typhoid have already appeared, a top medical official said. A typhoid epidemic
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TB campaign benefits 10,000 Delhi slum dwellers
Some 10,000 Delhi slum dwellers benefitted from a three-week long awareness campaign on tuberculosisi(TB) carried out by the Indian chapter of Hope
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Zero point of no return
TB stalks every family in rural Barmer. It was a swift span of three months in which six of the 10 male members of the Aladdin Khan family at Babute Ki Dhani got wiped out due to tuberculosis. The
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Bardot's plea to Blair on elephant poaching
French film star Brigitte Bardot has attacked British prime Minsiter Tony Blair for backing a controversial proposal to relax the global ban on ivory
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DuPont launches rice herbicide
DuPont on Sunday launched Almix, a herbicide to effectively check diseases like major borad leaf and sedge weeds in
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'Radiation doses received by Jaduguda miners within limits'
The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) said on Thursday that the mining and processing operations being carried out by the Uramium Corporation of India (UCI) at its miners in Jaduguda in Bihar
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Old blood samples offer new clues to a medical mystery
Fifty years ago, Edward J.Woodland Jr. joined the Air Force. In Wyoming for basic training, he and some of his fellow recruits gave blood samples for a study of strep throat. In this year he got a
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New Hepatitis C clue found
Researchers studying hepatitis C-which affects some 170 million people worldwide-have found a clue that may help them predict which patients will recover and which will develop the chronic form of
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Race may affect use of clot-busters
Doctors are more likely to give clot-busting drugs to whites than to blacks who have heart attacks, according to a study in today's New England Journal of Medicine.The reasons are not clear but could
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Cancer cases up, death rate declining
An individual's risk of dying from cancer continues to drop, even as the number of cancer cases in Canada steadily climbs, according to an annual report card from the Canadian Cancer Society. The
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N.B. court rules natives can't take crown lumber
Native people from Fredericton lost another round in their tumultuous battle for treaty rights with a new court decision yesterday saying they can't take wood from crown land. New Brunswick
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NASA technology safely strips ships of loose chips
A new robotic device that safely strips paint from the hulls of ships without polluting the environment is based on NASA robotics technology. The system, which has received kudos from
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Tobacco taxes make it hard for China to quit
China is one of the last sanctuaries of the cigarette - lighting up is regarded as normal rather than anti-social and the health implications of smoking are poorly understood.One in every three
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New coalition of parties to combat air pollution problem
Political parties in Hong Kong have formed a coalition to fight air pollution in a rare display of unity. The cross-party coalition, formed in the hope of pushing through quick solutions before the